Category: Patient Engagement

Shared decision making is a burgeoning field involving a combination of personal interaction and digital technology. This year’s Third Annual Shared Decision Making Summit, to be held Sept. 19-20 in Boston, will feature case studies of organizations that are enhancing outcomes with shared decision making. In a blog post last January, I wrote that I…

GS1 Australia with the support of the National E-Health Transition Authority is pleased to announce the official launch of GS1 Recallnet Healthcare – an electronic product recall notification management system for therapeutic goods. Source: GS1 Australia, NEHTA introduce GS1 Recallnet Healthcare to improve patient safety

A new 24/7 remote monitoring system from the Mayo Clinic will improve care and shorten hospital stays for critically ill patients, according to Mayo officials in a recent announcement. The Enhanced Critical Care program will offer monitoring of the sickest patients at six Mayo Clinic Health System hospitals. A new 24/7 remote monitoring system from…

Over 300 events related to EHR software defaults analyzed by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority gives Pennsylvania healthcare facilities information they can use to avoid EHR events such as wrong-time and wrong-dose errors. The information was published in the September issue of the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Advisory released earlier this week. “Default values are often…

Nurses at Northside Medical Center will conduct informational picketing in front of the hospital on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., including some who will wear gags to demonstrate their concerns that management proposals in current contract talks could limit their ability to speak out for patient safety and quality care. Source: Nurses at…

United Healthcare (UHC), the Chicago-based alliance of 118 academic medical centers and 299 of its affiliated hospitals, has partnered with New York University’s Langone Medical Center and the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio to work on seamlessly transferring patient data. United Healthcare (UHC), the Chicago-based alliance of 118 academic medical centers and 299 of its affiliated…

Of the more than 300 events related to electronic health record (EHR) software default values analyzed by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, three percent resulted in unsafe conditions or prolonged hospitalization of patients, according to the Authority’s new report. Of the more than 300 events related to electronic health record (EHR) software default values analyzed…

HIMSS has announced White River Family Practice (WRFP), located in White River Junction, Vt., as a winner of the 2013 Ambulatory HIMSS Davies Award of Excellence. Since 1994, the Nicholas E. Davies Award recognizes excellence in health information technology, specifically excellence in use of the EHR to successfully improve quality of care and patient safety…

The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) has submitted its response to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)’s request for comments on a regulatory framework for Health IT. The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) has submitted its response to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)’s request for comments on a regulatory framework for Health…

Enhancements in clinical care and patient safety, medical research and nursing initiatives are at the core of a new affiliation agreement signed on Aug. 27 by Johns Hopkins Medicine International, Baltimore, USA, and Hospital Moinhos de Vento of Porto Alegre, one of Brazil’s leaders in health care delivery and innovation. Source: JHI signs agreement with…